Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Question of quantum computer

2015-04-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 5 Apr 2015 00:52:30 -0400, Boricua Siempre wrote: > Geentoo power first quantum super computer in 2101 and power all > galactic cofederation computers. > It was first supercomputer to crack secret of time travel in 2307 and > become self conchious in 2402. Add this to /usr/portage/profile

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Question of quantum computer

2015-04-04 Thread Boricua Siempre
Thank for de replies My english so bad because I from the future when english death languaje. Geentoo power first quantum super computer in 2101 and power all galactic cofederation computers. It was first supercomputer to crack secret of time travel in 2307 and become self conchious in 2402. I am

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Question of quantum computer

2015-04-04 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 04/04/2015 13:35, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 7:23 AM, Philip Webb wrote: >> >> What a revelation about at least a minority of Gentoo users ! >> -- philosophers of science + math, besides well-trained physicists. >> > > I think at least half of us on the Council have degrees i

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Question of quantum computer

2015-04-04 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 7:23 AM, Philip Webb wrote: > > What a revelation about at least a minority of Gentoo users ! > -- philosophers of science + math, besides well-trained physicists. > I think at least half of us on the Council have degrees in the physical sciences. I work mostly with scient

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Question of quantum computer

2015-04-04 Thread Philip Webb
150404 waben...@gmail.com wrote: > Mathematics is our basic tool to build these theories. > A fundamental question is whether the mathematical axioms exist "for real" > and we just discovered them or are they grounded by the functionality > of our mind/brain ? In the latter case, > it would proba

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Question of quantum computer

2015-04-03 Thread wabenbau
Rich Freeman wrote: > On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 7:02 PM, Peter Humphrey > wrote: > > On Friday 03 April 2015 17:11:11 Fernando Rodriguez wrote: > > > >> That's the problem with science in general. The one thing it may > >> never be able to answer is "why?". > > > > I think that's the crux of the pr

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Question of quantum computer

2015-04-03 Thread Fernando Rodriguez
On Saturday, April 04, 2015 12:02:02 AM Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Friday 03 April 2015 17:11:11 Fernando Rodriguez wrote: > > No, it's stronger than that. Einstein showed us how it works. The > consequence of having a certain concentration of mass /here/ is to distort > space-time just /so/ in

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Question of quantum computer

2015-04-03 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 7:02 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Friday 03 April 2015 17:11:11 Fernando Rodriguez wrote: > >> That's the problem with science in general. The one thing it may never be >> able to answer is "why?". > > I think that's the crux of the problem with some current approaches to

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Question of quantum computer

2015-04-03 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday 04 April 2015 00:02:02 Peter Humphrey wrote: > Its job is to explain show "this is how the world works." s/show// -- Rgds Peter.

[OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Question of quantum computer

2015-04-03 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday 03 April 2015 17:11:11 Fernando Rodriguez wrote: > That's the problem with science in general. The one thing it may never be > able to answer is "why?". I think that's the crux of the problem with some current approaches to physics. Science does not answer the question "why?". That isn